Dr Simon Kubiak is a partner in the Financial Lines practice area at the Cologne office. He is a Specialist Insurance Lawyer and focuses above all in liability defence for “chambered” professions (lawyers, tax advisors and notaries), especially at the interface with capital and investor liability. As a recognised expert, Dr Simon Kubiak also advises insurers on complex coverage law issues in professional indemnity insurance as well as cases on broker and intermediary liability. Clients appreciate his excellent professional knowledge as well as his clear communication skills and economic expertise. In recent years, he has repeatedly advised insurers on coverage law in connection with the liability of tax and accounting firms that acted as limited partners in trusts and/or controllers of the use of funds for various investment companies.
Dr. Simon Kubiak
2000 - 2005
Law studies, University of Dusseldorf
2005 - 2007
Scientific assistant at the Chair of civil and civil procedure law,
Doctorate under Prof. Dr. Dirk Olzen, University of Dusseldorf
2007 - 2009
Legal clerkship in the regional court Dusseldorf district
since 2010
Lawyer at BLD
since 2016
Partner at BLD
2020 - 2022
Lecturer at the Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln, master's degree course "Liability, Risk & Insurance - PI/D&O/Cyber"
since winter semester 2022/2023
Lecturer at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, certificate course "Financial Lines/VH" as a supplement to the master's degree course "Insurance Law"
Dr. Simon Kubiak
Lawyer | Partner | Specialist Insurance Lawyer
Theodor-Heuss-Ring 13-15
50668 Cologne
Tel +49 221 944027-896
Johannes-Brahms-Platz 1
20355 Hamburg